The name Sylvia is of Latin origin, and means she of the forest.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Sylvia has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Sylvia
Use of the Name Sylvia for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
231,224
79,796
18,164
5,276
2,561
999
501
The table below indicates the number of times the name Sylvia has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Sylvia
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
162
81
1881
187
67
1882
179
79
1883
192
79
1884
199
87
1885
173
112
1886
167
137
1887
173
135
1888
174
166
1889
178
166
1890
158
223
1891
156
218
1892
149
275
1893
144
286
1894
153
288
1895
157
276
1896
140
340
1897
135
357
1898
133
391
1899
130
371
1900
137
446
1901
129
390
1902
136
411
1903
120
464
1904
119
497
1905
120
527
1906
107
616
1907
109
611
1908
101
747
1909
93
847
1910
92
998
1911
82
1,181
1912
78
1,629
1913
72
2,003
1914
70
2,557
1915
67
3,280
1916
68
3,414
1917
69
3,474
1918
71
3,671
1919
78
3,404
1920
85
3,320
1921
88
3,289
1922
94
2,967
1923
98
2,837
1924
104
2,756
1925
106
2,537
1926
107
2,532
1927
116
2,340
1928
118
2,221
1929
119
2,040
1930
132
1,823
1931
122
1,933
1932
96
2,560
1933
84
2,936
1934
70
3,471
1935
60
3,622
1936
53
4,149
1937
50
4,364
1938
56
4,255
1939
62
3,870
1940
62
3,803
1941
65
3,787
1942
72
3,719
1943
78
3,615
1944
83
3,284
1945
82
3,377
1946
82
4,083
1947
97
4,093
1948
100
3,671
1949
94
3,813
1950
97
3,617
1951
97
3,762
1952
99
3,787
1953
100
3,814
1954
101
4,080
1955
107
4,000
1956
108
4,145
1957
109
4,296
1958
114
4,149
1959
120
3,852
1960
121
3,823
1961
124
3,741
1962
131
3,455
1963
128
3,285
1964
137
2,936
1965
131
2,957
1966
146
2,413
1967
156
2,211
1968
164
1,961
1969
178
1,810
1970
189
1,728
1971
195
1,573
1972
195
1,463
1973
193
1,346
1974
189
1,350
1975
215
1,139
1976
228
1,054
1977
255
982
1978
252
947
1979
246
1,016
1980
264
956
1981
247
1,006
1982
255
980
1983
238
1,034
1984
249
999
1985
272
925
1986
280
876
1987
285
858
1988
292
848
1989
321
792
1990
333
816
1991
322
828
1992
363
707
1993
378
676
1994
427
587
1995
439
585
1996
458
546
1997
488
508
1998
470
546
1999
488
530
2000
506
531
2001
526
505
2002
519
526
2003
551
498
2004
561
501
Totals:
231,224
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Sylvia as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a boy's name.